Shulchan Arukh
Orach Chayim
Daily ritual observance: prayer, Tefillin, Tzitzit, Shabbat, and holidays.
Yoreh De'ah
Ritual slaughter, kashrut, conversion, mourning, niddah, tzedakah, and laws applicable in Israel.
Even HaEzer
Family law: marriage, divorce, sexual conduct.
Choshen Mishpat
Interpersonal laws; financial disputes, damages, courts, and witnesses.
Commentary
Kol Yaakov on Shulchan Arukh
Early 20th-century collection of laws related to scribal practice.
Sha'arei Teshuvah on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim
Collection of responsa and rulings that were not included in the Be'er Hetev. Written in the 19th century by Rabbi Chaim Mordekhai Margaliot.
Peri Megadim on Orach Chayim
18th-century commentary by R. Yosef Teomim, primarily focusing on the Magen Avraham, Turei Zahav, and Siftei Kohen commentaries
About Shulchan Arukh
The Shulchan Arukh (“Set Table”) is the most widely accepted code of Jewish law ever written. Compiled in the 16th century by Rabbi Joseph Karo, it is a condensed and simplified version of the Beit Yosef, a commentary that Karo wrote on the Tur. Karo’s rulings are in accordance with Sephardic traditions; the text of the Shulchan Arukh also includes the glosses of Rabbi Moshe Isserles, which cite Ashkenazic traditions.
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